Russ Smith, Chane Behanan and Bill Clinton / Photo by Chane Behanan

The Cards and the Big Dog

That speaks not only for the Louisville Cardinal men’s win over Villanova on Thursday night, but also what happened in their locker room after the decisive victory.

The Big Dog himself dropped in and forward Chane Behanan caught the excitement surrounding former President Bill Clinton’s 10-minute visit with photos that have gone viral.

See the one accompanying this Forum Flash. Hard to tell who’s happier — the players, up from a big win and an up-close-and-personal with the prez, or the First Fan, having a blast with the Cards. All we know is, if you could bottle the joy in these pictures, we’d all be rich. (In one, “bunny ears” have sprouted from behind the president’s head.)

Clinton was at Madison Square Garden for the game, but reports say it was a surprise visit to the locker room. “We all love Bill Clinton,” CBS quotes guard Russ Smith as saying. “He walked in and it was like, ‘Ahhhh! Bill Clinton!”

The multitasking Behanan (in addition to the pictures, he is credited for the bunny ears, too) was more descriptive in his play by play of the encounter with the 42nd president: “He got that swag to him.”